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This table summarises all steam locomotive built after 1900 that may have been
in operation in the 1940s and 50s. The classes have been grouped by appearance for
modelling purposes.
This table may also be used to access more detailed information sheets - click
on the underlined names. The photos are almost exclusively from the NE Rails
site - visit that site for the original, high resolution photos.
| |
1919 Class |
1945 class |
Numbers |
Quantity |
Builder |
Built |
Retired |
| |
| SWITCHERS |
| 121 0-6-0 light switchers |
|
0-6-0 Camelbacks
(the
B2 had a slightly smaller boiler) |
| B2 |
6S23 |
#50-100 |
51 |
Brooks, GLW |
1902-05 |
1930-51 |
| B3 |
6S31 |
#1-8 |
8 |
Brooks |
1901 |
1934-52 |
| B3a |
6S31 |
#9-23 |
15 |
Brooks |
1902-06 |
1934-54 |
| B3b |
6S31 |
#24-33 |
10 |
CNJ |
1910 |
1947-54 |
| B4 |
6S34 |
#34-49 |
16 |
CNJ |
1912-15 |
1945-54 |
| 100
total built. 45 left by 1940. 38 left by 1950 |
|
0-6-0 rear
cabs - USRA standard |
| B5 |
6S38 |
#135-140 |
6 |
Baldwin |
1918 |
1950-52 |
| B6s |
6S39 |
#101-110 |
10 |
Cooke |
1918 |
1954-55 |
| 16 total built. 16 left by
1940. 16 left by 1950 |
|
0-6-0 rear
cabs - Wooten firebox |
| B7s |
6S46 |
#111-115 |
5 |
Schenectady |
1923 |
1953-55 |
5 total built. 5 left by 1940. 5 left by 1950 |
| 55 0-8-0 heavy switchers |
|
0-8-0 Camelbacks |
| E1 |
8S53 |
#270-294 |
25 |
Schenectady, BLW |
1912-18 |
1948-54 |
| 25
total built. 25 left by 1940. 23 left by 1950 |
|
0-8-0 rear
cabs - Wooten firebox |
| E2s |
8S53 |
#295-304 |
10 |
Schenectady |
1923 |
1951-55 |
| E3s |
8S61 |
#305-314 |
10 |
Baldwin |
1927 |
1952-55 |
| E4s |
8S64 |
#315-319 |
5 |
Baldwin |
1929 |
1955 |
| E4sa |
8S64 |
#320-324 |
5 |
Baldwin |
1930 |
1955 |
30 total built. 30 left by 1940. 30 left by 1950 |
| |
| FREIGHT |
| 77 drag freight hogs |
|
2-8-0 camelback |
| I6as |
C44 |
#650-665 |
16 |
Brooks |
1903, 1905 |
1934-40 |
| 16
total built. 7 left by 1940. 0 left by 1950 |
|
2-8-0 camelback |
| I4s |
C44 |
#675-684 |
10 |
Brooks |
1906 |
1946-53 |
| 10
total built. 10 left by 1940. 8 left by 1950 |
|
4-8-0 camelback |
| K1 |
TW40 |
#430-480 |
51 |
Brooks |
1899-1901 |
1934-48 |
| 51
total built. 29 left by 1940. 0 left by 1950 |
| 86 high-speed Mikados |
|
2-8-2 rear cabs - USRA
standard heavy |
| M1s |
M63 |
#850-859 |
10 |
Brooks |
1918 |
1947 |
| 10
total built. 10 left by 1940. 0 left by 1950 |
|
2-8-2 rear
cabs - Wooten firebox |
| M2a |
M63 |
#860-870 |
11 |
Brooks |
1920 |
1947-52 |
| M2as |
M63 |
#871-895 |
25 |
Brooks |
1922 |
1947-55 |
| M3a |
M63 |
#896-915 |
20 |
Schenectady |
1923 |
1947-52 |
| M3as |
M63 |
#916-935 |
20 |
Baldwin |
1925 |
1951-55 |
76 total built. 75 left by 1940. 45 left by 1950 |
| |
| PASSENGER |
| 31 suburban tanks |
|
2-6-2T tank engines |
| J1 |
SU23 |
#200-219 |
20 |
Baldwin |
1902-03 |
1935-45 |
| J1 |
SU23 |
#220-224 |
5 |
Baldwin |
1904 |
1945 |
| 25 total built. 15 left by
1940. 0 left by 1950 |
|
4-6-4T tank engines |
| H1s |
SU31 |
#225-230 |
6 |
Baldwin |
1923 |
1947-50 |
| 6
total built. 6 left by 1940. 2 left by 1950 |
| 117 commuter/mixed traffic |
|
4-4-2 camelback |
| P6s |
A28 |
#590-595 |
6 |
Brooks |
1901-02 |
1946-47 |
| 6
total built. 6 left by 1940. 1 left by 1950 |
|
4-6-0 camelback |
| L4s |
T26 |
#600-630 |
31 |
Brooks |
1902 |
1934-50 |
| 31
total built. 15 left by 1940. 4 left by 1950 |
|
4-6-0 camelback
ex-Reading |
| L3s |
T34 |
#631-635 |
5 |
Baldwin |
1902 |
1946-50 |
| 5
total built. 5 left by 1940. 1 left by 1950 |
|
4-6-0 camelback |
| L5 |
T28 |
#150-166 |
17 |
Brooks |
1900-01 |
1934-52 |
| L5b |
T32 |
#167-174 |
8 |
Brooks |
1902 |
1936-53 |
| L5c |
T32 |
#175-184 |
10 |
Brooks |
1906 |
1934-53 |
| L6as |
|
#750-759 |
10 |
Baldwin |
1910 |
1953-54 |
| L7s |
T38 |
#760-769 |
10 |
Baldwin |
1912 |
1948-54 |
| L7as |
T38 |
#770-779 |
10 |
Baldwin |
1913-14 |
1950-56 |
| L8s |
T40 |
#780-789 |
10 |
Baldwin |
1918 |
1950-54 |
| 75
total built. 64 left by 1940. 46 left by 1950 |
| 21 express Pacifics
|
|
4-6-2 rear
cabs - Wooten firebox |
| G1s |
P43 |
#820-825 |
6 |
Baldwin |
1918 |
1948-54 |
| G2s |
P43 |
#626-630 |
5 |
Baldwin |
1923 |
1953-55 |
11 total built. 11 left by 1940. 10 left by 1950 |
|
4-6-2 rear
cabs - Wooten firebox |
| G3s |
P47 |
#831-835 |
5 |
Baldwin |
1928 |
1950-55 |
| G4s |
P52 |
#810-814 |
5 |
Baldwin |
1930 |
1954-55 |
10 total built. 10 left by 1940. 10 left by 1950 |
